SENATE, No. 650
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee on December 16, 2019, with amendments.
An Act concerning the availability of mail-in ballot applications at polling places and supplementing P.L.2009, c.79 (C.19:63-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The 1[Secretary of State] County Clerk1 shall cause to be made available at each polling place on the day of any election copies of mail-in ballot applications for future elections 1[and instructions detailing the process that an eligible voter must follow to apply to vote by mail in future elections. The secretary shall also ensure that each poll worker at each polling place is trained on the instructions for completing and mailing a mail-in ballot application for future elections to enable each poll worker, at the request of the voter, to discuss the mail-in ballot application instructions with the voter]1.
2. This act shall take effect on the January 1 next following the date of enactment.